Advancement Campout Methods

Boy-Led - campouts and meetings allow older Scouts to teach. Adults are "armchair quarterbacks" who do not teach.

Troop Meeting - Advancement Campout Planning Meeting

Summary: Scouts plan meals, duty rosters, and campout program. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each skill.

Tenderfoot #1. Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.

9. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.

First Class #4. a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least two meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

4. b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients.

4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.

4. d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.

Sample Advancement Campout Plan

Friday Evening

6:00 PM Set up: camp and ax yard, post Duty Roster. 6:30 PM Totin' Chip, fire building & fire building comppetition. Second Class #2.b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.

2.c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.

2.d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.

2.e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both.

8:00 PM Campfire & cracker barrelTenderfoot #3. On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together. 10:30 PM Taps

7:30 AM BreakfastSecond Class #2.f. Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.

2.g. On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected.

First Class #4. e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.

8:30 AM First AidTenderfoot #12.a. Demonstrate how to care for someone who is choking.

12.b.. Show first aid for the following:  Simple cuts and scrapes,  Blisters on the hand and foot,  Minor (thermal/heat) burns or scalds (superficial, or first degree),  Bites and stings of insects and ticks,  Venomous snakebite,  Nosebleed,  Frostbite and sunburn

Second Class #6.a. Show what to do for "hurry" cases of stopped breathing, serious bleeding, and internal poisoning.

First Class #8. b. Demonstrate bandages for a sprained ankle and for injuries on the head, the upper arm, and the collarbone.

8. c. Show how to transport by yourself, and with one other person, a person:

from a smoke-filled room

with a sprained ankle, for at least 25 yards.

8. d. Tell the five most common signs of a heart attack. Explain the steps (procedures) in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Saturday Nature Hike

10:00 AM Introduction to: Hiking & OrienteeringTenderfoot #5. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.

Second Class #1.a. Demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map. Explain what map symbols mean.

First Class #1. Demonstrate how to find directions during the day and at night without using a compass.

10:00 AM Hike: 2 ½ miles out with your lunch in a day pack (book backpacks work great.) Second Class #1.b. Using a compass and a map together, take a 5-mile hike (or 10 miles by bike) approved by your adult leader and your parent or guardian.*
11:00 PM NatureTenderfoot #11. Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.

Second Class #5. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of wild animals (birds, mammals, reptiles, fish, mollusks) found in your community.

First Class #6. Identify or show evidence of at least ten kinds of native plants found in your community.

Troop Meetings - Scout Skills Themes

An annual swimming event could be held at any time. It is a chance to have fun, play games, and work on swimming skills.Goals: Scouts First Class and above teach First Aid skills to the newer Scouts. Each Scout must be able to individually demonstrate each skill. Second Class #7.a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.

7.b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.

7.c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.

New Scouts can record their times for the Tenderfoot personal fitness requirements. Older Scouts can start Personal Fitness Merit Badge or play basketball or other games with the troop.
Tenderfoot #10.a. Record your best in the following tests:

Push-ups

Pull-ups

Sit-ups

Standing long jump

1/4 mile walk/run

10.a. Show improvement in the activities listed in requirement 10a after practicing for 30 days.

Tenderfoot #1. Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and carry it.

3. On the campout, assist in preparing and cooking one of your patrol's meals. Tell why it is important for each patrol member to share in meal preparation and cleanup, and explain the importance of eating together.

5. Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.

9. Explain the importance of the buddy system as it relates to your personal safety on outings and in your neighborhood. Describe what a bully is and how you should respond to one.

Second Class #2.b. On one of these campouts, select your patrol site and sleep in a tent that you pitched.

2.c. On one campout, demonstrate proper care, sharpening, and use of the knife, saw, and ax, and describe when they should be used.

2.d. Use the tools listed in requirement 2c to prepare tinder, kindling, and fuel for a cooking fire.

2.e. Discuss when it is appropriate to use a cooking fire and a lightweight stove. Discuss the safety procedures for using both..

2.f. Demonstrate how to light a fire and a lightweight stove.

2.g. On one campout, plan and cook over an open fire one hot breakfast or lunch for yourself, selecting foods from the food pyramid. Explain the importance of good nutrition. Tell how to transport, store, and prepare the foods you selected.

First Class #4. a. Help plan a patrol menu for one campout that includes at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner and that requires cooking at least two meals. Tell how the menu includes the foods from the food pyramid and meets nutritional needs.

4. b. Using the menu planned in requirement 4a, make a list showing the cost and food amounts needed to feed three or more boys and secure the ingredients.

4. c. Tell which pans, utensils, and other gear will be needed to cook and serve these meals.

4. d. Explain the procedures to follow in the safe handling and storage of fresh meats, dairy products, eggs, vegetables, and other perishable food products. Tell how to properly dispose of camp garbage, cans, plastic containers, and other rubbish.

4. e. On one campout, serve as your patrol's cook. Supervise your assistant(s) in using a stove or building a cooking fire. Prepare the breakfast, lunch, and dinner planned in requirement 4a. Lead your patrol in saying grace at the meals and supervise cleanup.

Citizenship

Tenderfoot #6. Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.

Second Class #7.a. Tell what precautions must be taken for a safe swim.

7.b. Demonstrate your ability to jump feetfirst into water over your head in depth, level off and swim 25 feet on the surface, stop, turn sharply, resume swimming, then return to your starting place.

7.c. Demonstrate water rescue methods by reaching with your arm or leg, by reaching with a suitable object, and by throwing lines and objects. Explain why swimming rescues should not be attempted when a reaching or throwing rescue is possible, and explain why and how a rescue swimmer should avoid contact with the victim.